25:14 When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people 1 of Seir and made them his personal gods. 2 He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices. 25:15 The Lord was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why are you following 3 these gods 4 that could not deliver their own people from your power?” 5
25:20 But Amaziah did not heed the warning, 6 for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom. 7
1 tn Heb “sons.”
2 tn Heb “caused them to stand for him as gods.”
3 tn Heb “seeking,” perhaps in the sense of “consulting [an oracle from].”
4 tn Heb “the gods of the people.”
5 tn Heb “hand.”
6 tn Heb “did not listen.”
7 tn Heb “because it was from God in order to give them into the hand because they sought the gods of Edom.”